I am totally picky so I had to pick my own out and when I got to the store I was completly shocked by the fact that I had no clue of what I really wanted other than the fact that I love colored diamonds. However, we were young and money a bit tight, but I ended up with a yellow and white gold ring. The center is 4 square princess cut stones and then the next step down has two round princess cut on each side and then the next step down is three round princess cut on each side. I absolutely love it and the two tone works great for when I like to mix up jewelry. By the way I did happen to get my colored diamond for Christmas this year. It is a blue diamond in a tiffiany white gold setting, with around 30 small white diamonds going up the sides of the band and wrapping around the center diamond. So pretty and if you have never seen a blue diamond before in person (like me when I first got it) it has a the most gorgous color to it.

I either want something completely vintage and unique, or something VERY simple: a round diamond on a platinum or white-gold band, no baguettes, no embellishments, no nuthin'. And I want a small diamond too.

"Already have an engagement ring and it's far from ordinary!"My engagement ring is very special. It's from Tiffany's, and I've been told by them to take good care of it, as it's a vintage and rare piece. The design is unusual and lovely. In my opinion, the ring shows Tiffany's design and craftsmanship at its finest. The stones are incredibly lively, and the center stone is "blinding," per my friend.I've worn my wedding set for several years, and I still receive compliments on it. I've had complete strangers ask to see my hand.

"Already have an engagement ring and it's far from ordinary!"
My engagement ring is very special. It's from Tiffany's, and I've been told by them to take good care of it, as it's a vintage and rare piece. The design is unusual and lovely. In my opinion, the ring shows Tiffany's design and craftsmanship at its finest. The stones are incredibly lively, and the center stone is "blinding," per my friend.
I've worn my wedding set for several years, and I still receive compliments on it. I've had complete strangers ask to see my hand.

I don't want a traditional shape. Although they're all beautiful, I want something that suits my interests & personality instead of being classic. I'd love to have a Calla cut ring (callacut.com) because it looks butterfly-esque & I love butterflies :D I realize those rings may be a bit pricey, so my 2nd choice would be a heart-shaped diamond.

My ring is farily traditional although I've never seen another like it. My husband picked it out all by himself and I had no idea which was really fun. It has an oval cut center diamond with four small round diamonds (two on each side) and then two marquise cut blue sapharies (one on each side in line with the band). However, we went non-traditional on my husbands wedding band. He is a chemical biologist and needed something that he wouldn't have to worry about ruining in the lab. He chose a tungsten ring with a concave curve to the outside of the band. He absolutely loves it, one because its virtually indestructible and two because it is made from the same material as a light bulb filament (which he thinks is a neat factoid).

I have a 19 karat white and rose gold Natalie K diamond ring... it has NINETY-EIGHT round brilliant-cut diamonds (3.43 karat total) as band settings all around the ring inside and out, two 0.94 karat step-cut trapezoids, and one THREE POINT SEVEN KARAT MARQUEE DIAMOND as my center stone for a total karat weight of 9.02 karats. Luckily my boyfriend didn't wink or grimace when I picked that one out. ;)

My fiance constructed by engagement ring using heirlooms from his family. There are 9 small diamonds surrounding a ruby star sapphire that his nana mined in NC back in the 60's. There's no other ring like it and I LOVE IT!

I don't really like wearing jewelry and I didn't want an engagement ring since it would have been a waste of money in our case. So I only have a semi-eternity wedding band and I'm really happy with it. Instead of spending our money on an a ring I didn't want we went for a 5 week road trip around Europe. Great memories.

I hate diamonds, I think they're uber boring
My engagement ring is a claddagh ring ... it's a ring that represents Love, loyalty and frendship.. 3 things that I think are uber important in a relationship...
It wasn't very expensive.. which was a huge plus... and you wear it one way to be engaged.. and then you flip it around when you get married so that means I don't need to buy a wedding band.. Hooray!
It's absolutely beautiful it's white gold.. with a garnet as the heart stone.. I love to look at it :)

I have a non traditional engagement ring and I love it! It's an asscher cut sapphire with triangular diamonds on either side. It's great to have something different because it means people can't look at my ring and immediately compare it to theirs or someone else's. I didn't want to be part of that superficial game. Also, it's funny to see who likes a non traditional ring and who doesn't -- I can always tell right away, especially if they make some consoling comment like "Oh, it's nice...really."

My husband chose to pay off my debits instead of buying an engagement ring. It wasn't very romantic, but we started our life together debit free except for the mortgage. We have had the financial freedom to do lots of wonderful things together.
We have been married seven years. I now have a lovely diamond wedding band. It is very simple, but reflects us and our lifestyle. And we paid cash for it.

My husband chose to pay off my debits instead of buying an engagement ring. It wasn't very romantic, but we started our life together debit free except for the mortgage. We have had the financial freedom to do lots of wonderful things together. We have been married seven years. I now have a lovely diamond wedding band. It is very simple, but reflects us and our lifestyle. And we paid cash for it.

If I had been involved in the choosing of my engagement ring, I might have gotten creative with setting and stone. But the ring was a surprise, it is very traditional solitaire in a six prong on a gold band. It fit perfectly, so I took that as a good omen and have kept it as it is.It's been on my finger for 5 years now and I like the sparkle.

If I had been involved in the choosing of my engagement ring, I might have gotten creative with setting and stone.
But the ring was a surprise, it is very traditional solitaire in a six prong on a gold band. It fit perfectly, so I took that as a good omen and have kept it as it is.
It's been on my finger for 5 years now and I like the sparkle.

I started out with something trendy, with all the pave side stones(I picked it out), but the setting turned out to be defective and the stones started falling out- soooo several tries later I ended up with exactly what I THOUGHT I wanted to begin with when we started talking about getting married. VERY traditional, solitaire round cut with two bands on either side that have diamonds and sapphires. I love my new set but Im sad that the rings I wore when I got married are gone.